TRMM and MERRA Precipitation Anomalies in California (TRMM part)

  • Released Tuesday, July 21st, 2015
  • Updated Friday, August 25th, 2023 at 12:06AM
  • ID: 4326

Accumulated precipitation deficit map for California drought between 2012 and 2014 based on TRMM data.

Using modern satellite (TRMM) and reanalysis (MERRA) data, scientists reassess certain aspects of the precipitation climate in California. The project illustrates the accumulated precipitation deficit maps for the California drought based on TRMM and MERRA data (2012 - 2014). These animations are one part of the project based on only TRMM data. The other part (ID#4327 ) is created based on MERRA data.

Accumulated precipitation deficit map for California drought between 2012 and 2014 based on TRMM data with the color bar.

The color bar indicates different precipitation accumulated anomaly levels.

The color bar indicates different precipitation accumulated anomaly levels.

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Datasets used in this visualization

TRMM Monthly Average Precipitation Anomaly (Collected with the PR and TMI sensor)

Dataset can be found at: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/datapool/TRMM/01_Data_Products/index.html

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